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Sunday, June 22. 2008

A 50th Anniversary

I had the great pleasure of attending the 50th wedding anniversary of an old pal, a NYC lawyer and role model and his wonderful and beautiful wife, down at the Larchmont (NY) Yacht Club last night.

Yes, he still takes the train to the city each morning.

One of their fine daughters read a quote from the excellent book Corelli's Mandolin, in which Dr. Iannis discusses his marriage:

Love is not breathless, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day... That is just being "in love," which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident...we had roots that grew towards eachother underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.

Posted by The Barrister in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:09 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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This is a beautiful quote, and well worth saving.

Marianne
#1 Marianne Matthews on 2008-06-22 17:17 (Reply)
Book is worth reading.
#1.1 The B on 2008-06-22 17:19 (Reply)
Movie is worth seeing as well. Another fine performance from the incomparable John Hurt.
#2 boqueronman on 2008-06-22 19:44 (Reply)
Barrister ... I just ordered the book from Amazon, to be delivered when the cursed road breakers pour my road and I can get out of my driveway. It's been five days, and food is running low. Am considering sled dogs.

Marianne Matthews
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2008-06-22 19:47 (Reply)
Despair not, Marianne, perhaps an airdrop can be arranged. Failing that, do you have any delicious birds flying o'er your lair? There're scattergunners aplenty on the Farm.
#3.1 Steve on 2008-06-22 21:38 (Reply)
Great idea Steve about the birds. Don't have a shotgun, but I do have my trusty Taurus The Judge, which fires .410 shotgun shells. Maybe some target practice first thing tomorrow.

Marianne
#4 Marianne Matthews on 2008-06-22 23:14 (Reply)
A fine quote. It makes me regret my decision to put Corelli's Mandolin aside only to never pick it up again. But this can be easily rectified....

Thanks.
#5 Jephnol (Link) on 2008-06-23 01:25 (Reply)

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